Umayyad Caliphate. 'Standing Caliph' type, Hims mint

Umayyad Caliphate. 'Standing Caliph' type, AE Fals (bronzem 2.9g, 20mm), Hims mint, c. AH 74-80 / AD 693-700

Obverse: Bearded caliph standing facing, placing his right hand on the pommel of his sheathed sword, a whip hanging from his right elbow; marginal legend: “li-ʿAbd Allāh ʿAbd al-Malik amīr al-muʾminīn.”

Reverse: Transformed cross standing on three steps; in left field, wāf (“full weight” in Kufic); in right field, “bi-Ḥimṣ” (“in Hims” in Kufic); around, part of the first Kalima: “lā ilāha illā Allāh waḥdahu Muḥammad rasūl Allāh.”

Ref: SICA I, 689

SKU I.105